Periya Thirumozhi-1.4- "GangA! tErI paani amruth hai"-

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

AzhwAr, after an excellent portrayal of the agony of old age, enjoys the

Badrikaasramam's greatness in this pAsuram. Reiterating what I had

mentioned and supplementing further on this sthalam, it is Sriman

Narayanan who incarnated as BadriNarayanan under the Badari (Ilandhai )

vruksham (tree), which is dear to MahA Lakshmi . The Lord did tapas (

penance ) under that sacred tree , when He incarnated as Sri

BadrinArayanan to initiate the people suffering from the scorching

flakes of samsAram through AshTaakshara manthra UpadEsam to us (through

Nara NaaraayaNan, who were also His avathaarams only!- as Sri AndAL

Herself states in Nacchiyaar Thirumozhi. " naamam Ayiram yEttha ninRa

nArAyaNannaranE " ) .

 

Sriman NaarAyaNA incarnated as a Tapasvi with JatA , with conch and

chakrA in His upper hands and Yoga MudrAs in His lower hands and sits in

padmAsanam.

 

1. My Lord- My Master- Emperumaan is the One who appeared as Varraha

mUrthy and brought out the Earth back; who appeared as Sri Rama, and

took the bow to kill the strong rAvaNan of lankA and also destroyed his

entire vamsam. This Greatest Lord of mine is staying at a place called

Badrikaashramam on the bank of Ganges river, where Devas bring the

kaRpaka flowers and offer at His Feet here to pay obeisance to Him.

 

2. He chased the Maya maarIchan and killed him with His sharp arrow; He

aimed a sharp arrow at the chest of Vaali, who had gone on adharmic way;

- Such Most virtuous Lord of mine- My Emperumaan stays at

Badrikaashramam, where Brahma and other Devas come many times to pay

obeisance to Him; where the river Ganges flow from the sky (the top of

the mountain) with tremendous noise and with great swift currents of

flow.

 

3. During Ramaavataar, my Lord entered into rAvaNan's place which is

otherwise just impossible for any one to enter; especially crossing the

deep ocean even surrounding this lankA- He not only entered into lankA,

also did He destroy the whole asura vamsam of that strong rAvaNan (who

could not be won over by anyone else at all); - Such Greatest Emperumaan

of mine - stays at this place of BadrIkaashramam, where the Ganges

river, with its lovely sweet waters, flow upto the entire length of

mountain top, and appears as if the river hits the sky and beyond the

sky, there is a white flag spreading on the sky.

 

4. Oh mind! I am telling something firm for you; Listen. You go, reach

BadrIkashramam, where the river of Ganges flows in such currents that

bring along with its clear lovely sweet waters, the sarees of Deva

ladies, their garlands and their jewels (which they all leave at the

shore for bathing - perhaps!); and pay obeisance to Emperumaan, (who

destroys the enemies of His BhakthAs - the enemies that are housed on

our body - and grants Paramapadham to them ) to get saved.

 

5. When YashOdhA saw the infant KaNNan, sucking the breast milk and the

life of the rAkshasi Puthanai, she was scared and wondering as to how

she is going to life the child from the demon? - The Lord who grew up in

such hair raising events- the Greatest Emperumaan stays at

BadrIkashramam on the banks of the river Ganges - that falls from the

top of Golden colour mEru mountain; that appears to be holding the whole

sky at the top (of the mountain).

 

6. Nappinnai PiraaTTi- who has the beautiful chariot like "algul" (waist

band)- who has charming darting, fish like eyes, and for her, KaNNan

tamed the seven strong huge shouldered oxen- such Greatest Emperumaan-

the cloudy coloured Lord of mine stays at BadrIkashramam situated on the

bank of river Ganges that flows in such heavy current that it flows (due

to the great efforts of Bhageerathan) across the mountains, breaks the

rocks on the way, and even gathers the huge elephants on the way.

 

7. The irAvadham elephant and the nectar (amudham) (that came out of

churning the ocean), the heaven (swargam), the kingly status for Devas

were all granted to Indran by Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan and He is the

One who grants to us anything and everything- Such Most merciful Lord is

at BadrIkashramam, situated on the bank of river Ganges- which, on the

command and direction from Emperumaan, due to the requests and appeals

from DevAs, flows from the manthara mountain, down on Himalayas and runs

in different streams so beautifully.

 

8. Emperumaan- My Lord- the One, -who aimed the sharp arrow at the magic

(mAya) Golden deer, mArIchan- who applied His sharp nails on the chest

of the strong golden coloured hiraNyan- who removed the sorrow of

Sivan's , due to the sin committed by him on BrahmA- stays at

BadIkaashramam on the bank of river Ganges which was brought to the

earth by the great penance of BhagIrathan. (that's why Ganges is called

BhAgIrathi.; the Ganges, when it flowed from the top to the earth, there

was a sage Janvar (?)- thus Ganges is also called Jaannavi) who received

the water in his ears, as a middleman and then came out of his ears to

the earth in order to reduce the great impact (of acceleration due to

Gravity? from such a height); that's why after every prANAyaamam, we

touch our ears to purify (so called wash with the Ganges water, deemed

to be in our ears) our palms and fingers which are "ecchil" due to

interaction with our own exhaled air. - terrific! Isn't it?))

 

9. Clouds- air- mountains- oceans- all other worlds- the whole lot was

all consumed and retained in His "small" stomach - Such a Greatest Lord

is He- who is also the "Nirvaahagan" Director of the moon - the sun- the

space- the time- and everything and everyone. Such Emperumaan- the Lord

of mine- stays at BadrIkaashramam- on the bank of river Ganges- that

came down (due to the effort of BhAgIrathan) via Brahma lOkam to the

earth and the noise literally shook the whole earth- such was the

thunderous sound with which Ganges came down and now it flows serenely

with crystal clear waters.

 

10. Turbulent currents, huge tides, great speedy flows, crystal clear

waters- that's river Ganges! (When I visited Haridwar, I have heard

pilgrims saying, "GangA! tErI paani amruth hai (in Hindi)" - GangA!

your water is the nectar!).- The bank of such great holy river is

BadrIkaashramam, where Emperumaan BadrI Narayanan shows Himself so

gracefully - and about Him, ThirumangaiAzhwAr has sung these ten

pAsurams and those who recite these ten will not only rule this world,

also the dEva lOkam and then finally become Nithyasooris.

 

Thirumangai mannan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

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